Chernobyl Sarcophagus

Synopsis

Ten years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in the Ukraine, survivors of the mission to enter the plant in 1991 explain how things have changed, but the optomistic mood of the workforce contrasts with risk of collapse in the sarcophagus itself, and a long-term solution is as distant as ever.

Series

Horizon, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Year of production

1996

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Notes

Updated version of 1991 film INSIDE CHERNOBYL SARCOPHAGUS (22/4/91) broadcast on BBC2 on 25/3/96.

Subjects

Physics; Technology

Keywords

Chernobyl; nuclear power industries; nuclear radiation; radioactivity

Credits

Contributor

John Lynch

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’